Optical transmitter
AssigneeFujitsu Optical Components Limited
InventorShuichi Yasuda
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Abstract
After a startup of an optical transmitter, a control is started in such a way that a modulation amplitude of a driving signal of a phase modulator is set as 0, and that an operational point of a bias voltage is set as the lowest point of light transmission characteristics of the phase modulator. When the operational point of the bias voltage reaches the lowest point, the modulation amplitude of the driving signal is gradually increased from 0 to 2Vπ.
Claims8
An optical transmitter including a phase modulator, the optical transmitter comprising:
- a controlling unit which controls a bias voltage of a driving signal which drives the phase modulator and a modulation amplitude of the driving signal;
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- a processor which controls, after a startup of the optical transmitter, the controlling unit to vary an operational point of the bias voltage to decrease an optical output of light transmission characteristics of the phase modulator with keeping a setting of an amplitude value of the modulation amplitude to zero and which controls, after the optical output becomes the smallest, the controlling unit to increase the modulation amplitude from zero where the optical output becomes a target value with keeping the operational point of the bias voltage at which the optical output becomes the smallest.
A controlling method of an optical transmitter comprising a phase modulator, the controlling method comprising:
- after the startup of the optical transmitter, varying an operational point of a bias voltage of a driving signal, which drives the phase modulator to decrease an optical output of light transmission characteristics of the phase modulator with keeping a setting of an amplitude value of a modulation amplitude of the phase modulator to zero;
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- after the optical output becomes the smallest, increasing the modulation amplitude from zero where the optical output becomes a target value with keeping the operational point of the bias voltage at which the optical output becomes smallest.
An optical transmitter including a phase modulator, the optical transmitter comprising:
- a controlling unit which controls a bias voltage of a driving signal which drives the phase modulator and a modulation amplitude of the driving signal;
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- a processor which controls, after a startup of the optical transmitter, the controlling unit to vary an operational point of the bias voltage to decrease an optical output of light transmission characteristics of the phase modulator with keeping a setting of an amplitude value of the modulation amplitude to a minimum value and which controls, after the optical output becomes the smallest, the controlling unit to increase the modulation amplitude from the minimum value where the optical output becomes a target value with keeping the operational point of the bias voltage at which the optical output becomes the smallest.
A controlling method of an optical transmitter comprising a phase modulator, the controlling method comprising:
- after the startup of the optical transmitter, varying an operational point of a bias voltage of a driving signal, which drives the phase modulator to decrease an optical output of light transmission characteristics of the phase modulator with keeping a setting of an amplitude value of a modulation amplitude of the phase modulator to a minimum value;
- and
- after the optical output becomes the smallest, increasing the modulation amplitude from the minimum value where the optical output becomes a target value with keeping the operational point of the bias voltage at which the optical output becomes smallest.
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